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Mr. Banks

A master at Wrykyn, involved in school discipline.

minor

First appearance: i the fifteenth place

Mr. Banks shows up with force in O'Hara on the Track. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mathematics master whose class is a scene of ragging; O'Hara provokes him to get expelled.
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In O'Hara on the Track: Mathematics master whose class is a scene of ragging; O'Hara provokes him to get expelled. Later, in XVIII: O'Hara Excels Himself: Mathematics master who is unusually patient until provoked by…

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HAHarringaySESir Eustace Br…SESeymourMMMr. MorganTRTrevorMBMr. Banks

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • External and authority figures
  • Main student group
  • Diverse school members
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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See Mr. Banks in i the fifteenth place
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